Contrary to popular belief the stock market is not just for the rich. In fact 52% of Americans currently have money invested in ​​​U.S. the stock market.

UPDATE: The stock market has over 80 record new highs reaching 5 major milestones

(20,000, 21,000, 22,000, 23,000 and 24,000) is up 24% , gained over $5 trillion dollars and increased 4,309 points since President Trump won the Presidency.

​​​12/8/16: Stock market breaks 110 year record. Out of 21 days since the election, the Dow has reached all time closing highs 13 of these days.

1/25/17: The Dow closed above 20,000for first time in history after a series of executive orders from President Trump.

​​2/24/17: The Dow futures have surged 20% since falling right after President Trump's election. The streak of record high closes is longest since January 1987

​3/1/17: Dow closesabove 21,000as stocks post best day of 2017 after President Trump's first congressional speech. The Dow's benchmark took just 66 days to climb from 19000 to above 21000, the fastest 2,000 point run ever.

​​​4/1/17: Stock indexes is about to notch its sixth-straight winning quarter, which will mark the best run since a six-win in the fourth quarter of 2006.

​​6/20/17: The stock market stock market set seven new all-time records in June.

​10/16/17: The market hits 23,000 for the first time. It was the third straight 1,000 point climb in 2017 which was the largest number of such 1,000 point moves within a calendar year in the benchmark’s 120+-year history.

​10/17/17: Stock market breaks yet another record this time going over the 23,000 mark.

10/21/17: The Dow Jones industrial average rose 165.59 points to 23,328.63, reaching intraday, yet another record high. This came hours after news of the Senate approving a $4 trillion budget measure, coming one step closer to President Trump's porposes historic tax reform.

10/24/17: The Dow Jones industrial average hit another intraday and closing record high.

​11/2/17: The Dow closed at another record high after the release of Trump's tax reform bill and his nomination pick for Fed chairman.

​11/24/17: The S&P 500 hit record highs, rising 0.2% to 2,602.42 with information technology as the best-performing sector.